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If anything, the fact that Harvard Medical School will only accept pass/fail classes if it is a mandatory, school-wide policy shows that....
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If anything, the fact that Harvard Medical School will only accept pass/fail classes if it is a mandatory, school-wide policy shows that....
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Dear Blueno
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March 30, 2020
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If anything, the fact that Harvard Medical School will only accept pass/fail classes if it is a mandatory, school-wide policy shows that graduate schools are not at all forgiving.
On one hand, Harvard is arguing that some of their (undergraduate) students are going home to a less effective learning environment (stress, financial problems, sick family members, etc) and they have thus enacted a mandatory pass/fail policy for their undergraduates.
On the other hand, if you go to a different undergraduate school in which pass fail is optional, Harvard Medical School expects you to take all your classes for a grade? That is not only intellectually inconsistent but also just absurd. They are setting a double standard between their undergraduates and what they expect of other undergraduates.
A lot of people (on both the side of UP and S/NC optional) are suggesting that graduate schools will be flexible during these difficult times but I’m just not convinced of that. Some of my friends at other college have been told by their pre-health advising programs not to take ANY pre reqs pass/fail this semester because some medical schools will not be accepting them.
This is not a post meant to take sides on the grade policy debate, but more just to note that I don’t think graduate programs will be as forgiving as you all think they will be."
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If anything, the fact that Harvard Medical School will only accept pass/fail classes if it is a mandatory, school-wide policy shows that graduate schools are not at all forgiving.
On one hand, Harvard is arguing that some of their (undergraduate) students are going home to a less effective learning environment (stress, financial problems, sick family members, etc) and they have thus enacted a mandatory pass/fail policy for their undergraduates.
On the other hand, if you go to a different undergraduate school in which pass fail is optional, Harvard Medical School expects you to take all your classes for a grade? That is not only intellectually inconsistent but also just absurd. They are setting a double standard between their undergraduates and what they expect of other undergraduates.
A lot of people (on both the side of UP and S/NC optional) are suggesting that graduate schools will be flexible during these difficult times but I’m just not convinced of that. Some of my friends at other college have been told by their pre-health advising programs not to take ANY pre reqs pass/fail this semester because some medical schools will not be accepting them.
This is not a post meant to take sides on the grade policy debate, but more just to note that I don’t think graduate programs will be as forgiving as you all think they will be."
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